It’s been 3 months since the last PDF roadmap update. This time the update was broadcast with a bit more noise via a blog post.
So what has changed since the last 30th January Update?
We now have nice icons for Released (i.e. should be on all tenants) vs “Rolling out” i.e. some have it, but not all yet.
The changes are minor this time, with 8 features in messaging that brings us much closer to SfBO Parity in messaging and 1 addition in calling. Lots of exciting stuff scheduled for Q2 in meetings and calling.
Messaging roadmap
New Available Today:
- Hide/Share/Mute Chat (Share and Mute added)
- Message Retention Policies
New Rolling out (these were all due in Q1 so have slipped slightly):
- Contact Groups
- Unified Presence
- Federated Chat between Teams and Skype for Business
- Import Contacts from Skype for Business
- Skype for Business Interop with Persistent Chat
- Messaging User-Level Policies
No Future items on the roadmap
Meetings roadmap
No changes, everything was previously forecast for Q2 and that is still the case
Calling roadmap
New Rolling out:
- Out of Office Support (previously due Q2)
Removed:
- Call support between Teams and Skype Consumer
Hi Tom,
Under New Rolling out (these were all due in Q1 so have slipped slightly): I see that you have mentioned
Import Contacts from Skype for Business I was wondering can I import my Outlook contacts into SFB?
Hi Tom,
I love your posts. They are always bang on, timely and insightful. While the focus is on Teams and cloud, can you provide some views on the future of Skype for Business Server specifically around enterprise deployments. Is there any talk about discontinuing support and development here. It was my understanding that Microsoft have committed to at least 2 releases (2019 and 2023). There is not much talk about these deployments.
Sure, I will continue to blog on Skype for Business. In fact the public preview of SFB server 2019 is next week. There is no public information on there being a 2023 server version or not.
Did you catch this post: http://tomtalks.blog/2018/03/skype-for-business-server-2015-mainstream-support-ends-2020-sfbs-2019-mainstream-support-ends-2023-extended-support-for-both-end-in-2025/